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Thursday, 18 March 2010

Alternative Guide to Sofia


The Turkish Café: A Place for Sweet Tea, Salty Snacks and Long Chats

A presence in Sofia’s student city (‘Studentski grad’) for several years, the place is actually called Dilgün - Simit Sarayı. Full Story



Bulgaria
The Flea Market in Malashevtsi: From Communist Rebellion to Memorabilia

Until 1989, this used to be the place where one could legitimately buy all kinds of images of the West – from Beatles tapes, Levi’s jeans, Turbo chewing gum Full Story


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Panta Rei at Adams Bar

If you think sports such as foosball (table football) and darts aren’t serious or addiction-worthy, Adams Bar will make you reconsider. Full Story


Bulgaria
Jacqueline, Tetris or Zhechka: The Beehive of a Building

Jacqueline is a beauty. She’ll catch your eye with her warm colours and her dynamic silhouette. Built between 2005 and 2008, she is the creation of architects Rositsa and Plamen Bratkovi. Full Story


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The Women’s Market: New Stockings in the Day and Old Found Objects in the Night

During the day, the women’s market is comfortably settled between Ekzarh Yosif and Slivnitsa Streets, and another four lines of stalls line up the entire length of Stefan Stambolov Street. Full Story


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Checkmate in front of the National Theatre, Sofia

Turn your back to the National Theatre Ivan Vazov and start walking towards the little park, on the left side of the fountain. You will come across a few marble chessboard tables, around which players and an audience gather. Full Story


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Go Down “Resurrection” Boulevard and Pick a Red Wedding Dress

Take the number 72 bus to its last stop in the Fakulteta district, which is mostly inhabited by Roma. In one end of the bus, you have the option of enjoy a live drum performance and on the other,
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Bulgaria
The Sound of the Bricks: Biological Department of Sofia University

Sofia University’s biology students are a lucky bunch, because they get to spend the time of their education in such a building. The olden days' spirit is felt everywhere and tempts one to give into the books and the test tubes. Full Story




Epicure


Bulgaria
Pumpkin head!

If you wish to insult somebody in Bulgarian, you could call him tikvenik – a word whose Full Story



Curiosity Chest


Serbia
The Student Cultural Centre in Belgrade, Serbia

Throughout the ups and downs in Serbia’s recent history, the Student Cultural Centre (SKC) has always been a safe haven for city artists, a place to go to remove themselves from the everyday and express themselves freely. Full Story



Useful Reads


Bosnia and Herzegovina
Povratak | By Snjezana Mulic

A powerful new novel follows the fortunes of five Bosnians, trying and not always succeeding, to find their way home. Full Story




Music


Serbia
EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia: Overnight Exile in the Fortress

Located roughly in the middle between Bulgaria's Black Sea and Croatia’s Adriatic coasts, which are both shaken by high-energy rock parties each July, Novi Sad hosts one of the most significant summer festivals on the Balkans – EXIT. As fans from all parts of the region start to gather in the town for for this year’s event, scheduled to take place between July 10 and 13, Mila Popova recounts about the time she spent at the festival last summer.

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